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New York Law Journal

Ex-Brooklyn Prosecutor Charged With Illegal Surveillance

According to a federal indictment unsealed Monday, Tara Lenich forged judges' signatures on wiretap orders to eavesdrop on a fellow prosecutor and a New York police detective.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Science of Innocence and the Silence of Innocents

In his Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin discusses the report of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), writing: The PCAST Report, and its Jan. 6, 2017 Addendum, aimed to move courtroom forensics from subjective human judgments, errors and biases to objective, empirically validated evidence. Yet, without a place to be heard, the momentum of science comes to halt.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Baumgardt v. Tarantino

By | March 27, 2017
Defendants Cannot Re-Litigate Action After Contesting Matter in Criminal Proceedings
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

The People v. Battle

By | March 27, 2017
Court Determines Sex Offender Defendant's Risk Assessment Score as Level II
3 minute read

National Law Journal

VOIR DIRE: Full of It

A man poses as a Secret Service agent to get girls, and a river becomes a person in this week's column.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

IN BRIEF: Alston Raids Reed Smith, MoFo for San Fran, LA Offices

By | March 27, 2017
Atlanta-based Alston & Bird has scooped up financial services litigator Michael Agoglia from Morrison & Foerster and a seven-lawyer class action defense team led by Robert "Bo" Phillips Jr. from Reed Smith to open a San Francisco office and expand its Los Angeles office. Plus more in this week's column.
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

Juries Need Guidance on Cross-Racial IDs

The former prosecutors and judges profiled in your article are not alone in seeking to appear as amici in 'People v. Boone' to urge the use of a jury instruction on the increased risk of misidentification in all cases involving cross-race identifications. A range of diverse and well-respected organizations seek to file briefs, which speaks to the magnitude of the risk, the general consensus about the "cross-race effect" in the relevant scientific research and the view that a mandatory instruction can mitigate the risk.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Defense Bar Has Faith in DA's Office, Despite Williams Indictment

Philadelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams is operating under a serious legal and ethical cloud, and by all accounts morale in the office may be at an all-time low. But criminal defense attorneys say they are not worried that the troubles at the top will cause any disruption when it comes to the day-to-day operations of line prosecutors in Philadelphia.
11 minute read

The Recorder

People v. Van Orden

By | March 24, 2017
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ex-PSU President Spanier Convicted of Child Endangerment

Former Penn State University President Graham Spanier has been found guilty of child endangerment by a Harrisburg jury after a three-day trial.
2 minute read

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